Location

Farragut Grill

Night cloaks the Farragut Grill's exterior in tense expectancy, glass entrance doors gleaming under streetlights as Donna hurtles from her cab, flustered breath clouding the chill air after subpoena-snarled delays. Cliff freezes mid-departure, hailed taxi idling, while their banter—raw apologies fracturing into electric laughter—sparks instant chemistry right there on the threshold. Bold invitation seals it; they pivot back inside together, this nocturnal rendezvous salvaging blind-date disaster into pulsing connection, a gritty urban exhale from White House frenzy.

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S3E3 · Ways and Means

Flustered Donna's Humor Salvages Perilously Late Date

The Farragut Grill's exterior, bathed in streetlights and neon, frames Donna's breathless arrival and grooming in its glass doors; Cliff exits its threshold just as she approaches, their pivotal banter unfolding on the stoop before they pivot back inside, the site morphing from site of potential rejection to birthplace of resilient personal chemistry amid professional storms.

Atmosphere

Tense nocturnal expectancy laced with urban grit, shifting from abandonment anxiety to electric laughter and warmth

Functional Role

Threshold for serendipitous blind-date collision and re-entry

Symbolic Significance

Grimy urban sanctuary offering levity and human connection as counterpoint to White House subpoena pressures

Gleaming glass entrance doors for reflection Streetlights illuminating the nighttime curb Chill air heightening flustered breaths

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S3E3 · Ways and Means

Flustered Donna's Humor Salvages Perilously Late Date

Rushing from a cab after dumping her remaining cash on the driver, Donna arrives over an hour late to the Farragut Grill, flustered from subpoena document chaos at work. Cliff, …